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1586 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1586 in Ireland. – Richard Creagh, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, dies a prisoner in the Tower of London, county Longford is shired, separating it from Westmeath. Robert Gardiner is appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, sir Edward Waterhouse is appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. Elizabeth I of England and James VI of Scotland agree in the Treaty of Berwick that the MacDonnell family, antony Hickey, Franciscan theologian William St Leger, Anglo-Irish landowner and military commander May 5 – Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland c. – Richard Creagh, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh
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1585 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1585 in Ireland. January - Sorley Boy MacDonnell lands at Cushendun with a substantial army, April 26–May 25 - Parliament of Ireland meets in Dublin with Sir Nicholas Walsh as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, is permitted to take his seat and his head is set up in Clonmel market place and his body buried behind the high altar of the Franciscan convent. July 15 - Composition of Connacht, A commission is given to Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connacht, murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh is recognised as Chief of the Name of Ó Flaithbertaigh in Galway. July–August - Sir John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland, is in Ulster, October - Sorley Boy MacDonnell, having returned to Ireland, recaptures Dunluce Castle. November 16 - Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, dies in exile in London and is succeeded by his son Henry FitzGerald. December 14 - Nicholas Walsh, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory, is stabbed to death in his house in Kilkenny by a member of his flock. Tadhg mac Diarmata, last de facto King of Magh Luirg, is succeeded by Brian na Carriag MacDermot, tuileagna Ó Maoil Chonaire composes the poem Labhram ar iongnaibh Éireann. Máel Sechnaill Ruadh Ó Braonáin of Galway is recorded as one of the last harpers of the period in Connacht, thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara, soldier Possible date - Sir Dominick Browne, merchant and landowner April 30 - Maurice MacKenraghty, Roman Catholic priest and martyr. November 16 - Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare December 14 - Nicholas Walsh, Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory and biblical translator
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1584 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1584 in Ireland. July - English government commissions a survey of Munster, following the Desmond Rebellions, Sir Valentine Browne is appointed to the task. It becomes known as the Peyton Survey after Sir Christopher Peyton The Spanish Arch is built in Galway, perrott subdivides Cavan into seven baronies. Richard Stanihursts history De rebus in Hibernia gestis is published by Christophe Plantin in Antwerp, june 20 - Dermot OHurley, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel, put to death for treason. Margaret Ball, died of deprivation in the dungeons of Dublin Castle, beatified in 1992
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1583 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1583 in Ireland. Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, assumes command of the Crown forces, contains remaining activists in the Second Desmond Rebellion to West Cork and Kerry, Dermot OHurley, appointed Archbishop of Cashel in 1581, lands on Holmpatrick Strand in County Dublin. September - Fugitive Roman Catholic priest Maurice MacKenraghty is surprised on Sliabh Luachra by Lord Roches gallowglasses, handed over to the Earl of Ormond, october 8 - Archbishop Dermot OHurley is arrested and imprisoned in Dublin Castle. John na Seamar Burke is ambushed and killed by his brother Ulick, swords Castle briefly occupied by Dutch Protestants. Richard Nugent, 1st Earl of Westmeath, landowner and politician February - Nicholas Skerrett, november 11 John na Seamar Burke, rebel. Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond, rebel, december - Thomas Lancaster, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh
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1582 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1582 in Ireland. July - Lord Grey, Lord Deputy of Ireland, is recalled to England, sir Henry Wallop and Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin, are appointed lords justices responsible for the government of Ireland to succeed him. September - Fiach McHugh OByrne surrenders, ending the Second Desmond Rebellion in Leinster, ulick Burke secures succession to his father as 3rd Earl of Clanricarde by murdering his brother, John of the Shamrocks, and affirming his loyalty to Queen Elizabeth I of England. Date - Ambrose Ussher, Church of Ireland clergyman and Biblical scholar April 13 - Nicholas Nugent, july 24 - Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde, peer. March - Traditional melody Cailín Óg a Stór first on record
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Ireland
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Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth. Politically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland, which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, in 2011, the population of Ireland was about 6.4 million, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. Just under 4.6 million live in the Republic of Ireland, the islands geography comprises relatively low-lying mountains surrounding a central plain, with several navigable rivers extending inland. The island has lush vegetation, a product of its mild, thick woodlands covered the island until the Middle Ages. As of 2013, the amount of land that is wooded in Ireland is about 11% of the total, there are twenty-six extant mammal species native to Ireland. The Irish climate is moderate and classified as oceanic. As a result, winters are milder than expected for such a northerly area, however, summers are cooler than those in Continental Europe. Rainfall and cloud cover are abundant, the earliest evidence of human presence in Ireland is dated at 10,500 BC. Gaelic Ireland had emerged by the 1st century CE, the island was Christianised from the 5th century onward. Following the Norman invasion in the 12th century, England claimed sovereignty over Ireland, however, English rule did not extend over the whole island until the 16th–17th century Tudor conquest, which led to colonisation by settlers from Britain. In the 1690s, a system of Protestant English rule was designed to materially disadvantage the Catholic majority and Protestant dissenters, with the Acts of Union in 1801, Ireland became a part of the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland saw much civil unrest from the late 1960s until the 1990s and this subsided following a political agreement in 1998. In 1973 the Republic of Ireland joined the European Economic Community while the United Kingdom, Irish culture has had a significant influence on other cultures, especially in the fields of literature. Alongside mainstream Western culture, an indigenous culture exists, as expressed through Gaelic games, Irish music. The culture of the island shares many features with that of Great Britain, including the English language, and sports such as association football, rugby, horse racing. The name Ireland derives from Old Irish Eriu and this in turn derives from Proto-Celtic *Iveriu, which is also the source of Latin Hibernia. Iveriu derives from a root meaning fat, prosperous, during the last glacial period, and up until about 9000 years ago, most of Ireland was covered with ice, most of the time
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1588 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1588 in Ireland. June 28 - Sir Valentine Browne purchases estates, including the Lakes of Killarney, from the estate of Donald Maccarty, autumn/Winter - Much of the retreating Spanish Armada gets washed up on the Irish coast. MacSweeney Bannagh gives assistance to La Girona at Killybegs but on October 26 she is wrecked off County Antrim with only 9 survivors from an estimated 1300 onboard, brian ORourke assists at least eighty survivors – including Francisco de Cuellar – to depart the country. Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and father of Robert Boyle, luke Wadding, Franciscan friar and historian
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1589 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1589 in Ireland. January 11 - Richard Meredith nominated Church of Ireland Bishop of Leighlin, spring - Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh and Teige Ó Flaithbheartaigh lead a rebellion in Connacht. On 5 April a commission is issued to deal with the disturbances, many of the rebel leaders are killed in an ambush at Easter. May - Commission to inquire into progress on the Munster Plantation, december 23 - Sir William FitzWilliam, acting for the Lord Deputy, begins a campaign against the Connacht rebels. Francis Kirwan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Killala Theobald Stapleton, Roman Catholic priest and writer February - John Fitzedmund Fitzgerald, - Sir Valentine Browne, Surveyor General of Ireland and landowner. Christopher St Lawrence, 8th Baron Howth
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1590 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1590 in Ireland. January 14- Sir William FitzWilliam, acting for the Lord Deputy, september 3- As part of the ODonnell Succession dispute the Battle of Doire Leathan is fought in County Donegal. Sir Donnell ODonnell, one of the claimants to the title, is defeated and killed by forces backing his half-brother. Sorley Boy MacDonnell, established the MacDonnell clan in County Antrim, resisted attempts by Shane ONeill and the English to expel them
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1591 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1591 in Ireland. February - Brian ORourke, rebel lord of West Bréifne, seeks right of asylum in the Kingdom of Scotland, march 20 - Seamus Ó hÉilidhe is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam. April 3 - Brian ORourke is arrested in Glasgow and delivered to the English, November 3 - ORourke is hanged at Tyburn. His son, Brian Oge ORourke, succeeds as lord, November - Barnabe Riche proposes action against Roman Catholic recusants. December 26 - Hugh Roe ODonnell escapes from Dublin Castle but is recaptured within days, Early 1591–Autumn 1592 - Edmund MacGauran, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, travels in Spain and Portugal seeking financial and military assistance for an uprising in Ireland. Hugh Roe MacMahon, The MacMahon, resists the imposition of an English sheriff in County Monaghan, he is charged with treason, for which he will be executed, Hugh ONeill, Earl of Tyrone, elopes with Mabel, sister of Henry Bagenal, Provincial President of Ulster. Michael Wadding, Jesuit theologian and missionary priest Early, - Sir Nicholas Bagenal, marshal of the army in Ireland November 3 - Brian ORourke, lord of West Bréifne Tadhg Dall Ó hÚigínn, poet
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1592 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1592 in Ireland. January - Hugh Roe ODonnell and the brothers Art and Henry ONeill escape from Dublin Castle, hughs father, Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill, abdicates as An Ó Domhnaill and King of Tír Chonaill in his sons favour at the instance of his second wife Iníon Dubh. March 3 - Trinity College, Dublin, Irelands oldest university, is founded by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth, november 3 - Sir John Perrot, former Lord Deputy of Ireland, dies in the Tower of London awaiting sentence for a conviction for high treason. Nicholas Barnewall, 1st Viscount Barnewall, landowner Bishop Robert Ussher, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin Sir Lucas Dillon, lawyer Sir Nicholas White, lawyer
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Cahir O'Doherty
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Sir Cahir ODoherty (Irish, Cathaoir Ó Dochartaigh, was the last Gaelic Lord of Inishowen in north-west Ireland. ODoherty was a noted loyalist during Tyrones Rebellion and became known as the Queens ODoherty for his service on the Crowns side during the fighting, in 1608 he launched ODohertys Rebellion, seizing Derry from Paulet and burning it to the ground. ODoherty was subsequently killed in a battle at Kilmacrennan, and the rebellion swiftly collapsed, Cahir was the son of Sir John ODoherty, the head of the ODohertys and effective ruler of Inishowen. Cahirs younger sister was Rosa ODoherty who first married Cathbarr ODonnell and he was fourteen when his father died and had to spend the next few years gaining control of his lordship. Cahirs foster father was Phelim Reagh MacDavitt, Cahir was knighted by Lord Mountjoy, and for a time seemed prepared to work amicably with the English authorities, he found a strong supporter in Sir Henry Docwra, the first Governor of Derry. Paulet was accused by some of goading ODoherty into rebellion by a series of insults, niall Garve ODonnell, previously a loyal supporter of the English Crown, was also accused of supporting the rebellion. Taking revenge on Paulet was perhaps a sufficient motive in itself, ODoherty was killed near Kilmacrennan following a skirmish with a counter-attacking force under Lord Powerscourt His severed head was apparently displayed in Dublin for some time afterwards. Niall Garve ODonnell and his son Neachtain were arrested and sent to the Tower of London, the Flight of the Earls, An Illustrated History, Gill & MacMillan,2002. Catholicism in Ulster, 1603-1983, An Interpretative History, university of South Carolina Press,1994. ODoherty Coat of Arms Doherty Clann
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Inishowen
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Inishowen is a peninsula in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland, Inishowen is a picturesque location with a rich history. The peninsula includes Irelands most northerly point, Malin Head, along with Lagg sand dunes and it is bordered to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, to the east by Lough Foyle, and to the west by Lough Swilly. It is joined at the south to the rest of the island and is mostly in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland, the peninsula is separated from the rest of Northern Ireland by the River Foyle. After the last ice age the peninsula was an island, other major hills are located in the Malin Head peninsula, as well as the Urris Hills in west Inishowen. Inishowen has several harbours, some of which are used for fishing purposes, including Greencastle, Bunagee. A seasonal ferry service crosses the Foyle, connecting Greencastle with Magilligan in County Londonderry, while another crosses the Swilly, the village of Fahan has a privately built marina. Inch, located in Lough Swilly, is no longer an island, as it has a causeway connecting it to the mainland at Tooban. Lough Swilly is a fjord-like lough, and was of importance for many years to the British Empire as a deep-water harbour. It is also famous as the point of the Flight of the Earls. The outline of this land is plainly visible due to its flatness proving a marked contrast to the mountainous area surrounding it. Predating the formation of County Donegal by centuries, the area was named Inis Eoghain after Eógan mac Néill, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, whose name was also used for Tyrone. Later, after the decline of the Meic Lochlainn, the chieftainship of Inis Eoghain was usurped by the Ó Dochartaigh clan, Inishowen has many historical monuments, dating back to early settlements, and including the ruins of several castles, and the fort at Grianán Aileach. The ancient Grianán Ailigh fort at Burt was the one seat of the High Kings of Ireland. It was restored in the century, although some damage in recent years has resulted in the partial collapse of the south side wall. Among the main ruins of Inishowen are Carrickabraghey on the Isle of Doagh. In 1196, John de Courcy, an Anglo-Norman knight who had invaded Ulster in 1177, defeated the King of the Cenél Conaill, two years later he returned to devastate Inishowen. However, in subsequent campaigns de Courcy was defeated by the ONeill clan led by their chief Áed Méith, in 1608 Sir Cahir ODoherty, the last Gaelic Lord of Inishowen and a former ally of the Crown, launched ODohertys Rebellion by burning Derry
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1608 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1608 in Ireland. April - Launch of ODohertys Rebellion, july 5 - Cahir ODoherty is shot dead at the Battle of Kilmacrennan, a skirmish with an English force under Sir Richard Wingfield. His severed head is displayed in Dublin for some time afterwards, the surviving rebels retreat to be besieged on Tory Island County Longford is transferred from Connacht to Leinster, has its boundaries defined and is divided into six baronies. At about this date, Randal MacDonnell establishes a model town around Dunluce Castle, original license to distil whiskey granted to the Old Bushmills Distillery by King James I
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1101 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1101 in Ireland. Muirchertach Ua Briain of the Dál gCais proclaims himself High King of Ireland, at the Synod of Cashel, Muirchertach Ua Briain grants Cashel to the church as the seat of a metropolitan bishop. Muirchertach Ua Briain destroys the ringfort at Grianan of Aileach, sailors from overseas raid Scattery Island. Gillafin mac Coulahan, King of Síol Anmchadha, is killed and succeeded by his predecessors son, gilla na Naemh Ua Dunabhra, Chief Poet of Connacht
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1102 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1102 in Ireland. Betrothal of Muirchertach Ua Briains daughters, Lafracoth to Arnulf de Montgomery, archbishop Anselm of Canterbury writes to Muirchertach Ua Briain urging eccelesiastical reform and restoring good relations between him and Henry I of England. Domnall Ua Conchobair becomes King of Connacht Gilla na Naemh Ua Duinn, poet, historian, approximate date and probable location - Harald IV Gille of Norway. Mugrón Ua Morgair, archlector of Armagh, domnall Ua Ruairc, King of Connacht and Breifne
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1118 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1118 in Ireland. Synod of Ráth Breasail Enna mac Donnchada mac Murchada becomes King of Dublin, cu Faifne mac Congalaig becomes King of Uí Failghe. Maelsechlainn Ua Faelain becomes King of the Déisi Muman, diarmait Ua Briain, King of Munster. Rogan mac Domnaill meic Conchobair, King of Uí Failghe
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1139 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1139 in Ireland. Early - Malachy, Bishop of Down, begins his first journey to Rome, via Scotland, England and he petitions Pope Innocent II for pallia for the Sees of Armagh and Cashel, and is appointed native legate for Ireland. Malachy gives the previously Benedictine St. Marys Abbey, Dublin, course of River Suck diverted by Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht
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